Episode 3.7: Hellenistic Astronomy from Aristarchus to Hipparchus
Mar 20, 2016
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We look at the failure of the Eudoxian model of homocentric spheres and the models of Aristarchus of Samos, Apollonius of Perga and Hipparchus to proposed to replace it. We also discuss the ideas of scientific realism and instrumentalism with respect to Hellenistic astronomy.
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